The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

